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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

The board Of trustees Of the Dakota
hospital for the insane at Yankton, not
withstanding their suspension by the
governor, held a regular business meet
ing on the 4th inst. The regular routine
Of business was transacted, after which
the following resolution. indicating their
disregard for the action Of the governor
in the matter Of their SUSPENSION, was
adopted:
Whereas, The trustees Of the Dakota
hospital for the insane at Yankton,
have been legally advised that his ex.
cellency, the governor, has no authority
to suspend the board oftrustees. There.
fore, be it
Resolved, That we, the board OF
trustees, proceed to transact all neces-
sary business pertaining to that Office
and the management Of the Dakota hos.
pital for the insane at Yankton, accord.
ing to our oaths of Office.
This action upon the part Of the
trustees makes it impossible for o new
board to qualify, and will compel the
governor to resort to the court in order
to Gust the suspended officers.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Copper is rapidly becoming popular
1t has always been both a valuable and
beautiful metal, its brilliant and char.
acteristic red color being considered
handsome and artistic. Ten years age
its cost was double the present price
The present cost Of ten cents a pound
which appears to be quite station
airy, has led to a host Of new uses and g
heavily increased consumption of this
metal. During 1886 there was an en-
ormous increase in the consumption O
copper, amounting to nearly twenty-five
per cent, which absorbed about $4,000,
900 pounds. y y
A generation ago copper was consid'
cred almost a luxury, but now copper
utensils of every form are coming into
use; copper houseroof conductors in.
stead of wooden 20 into all very valua.
BILE buildings copper water pipes are
used instead of iron, even copper book.
covers covered with leather are made
in England, and appropriated and
turned" articles Of every form, to meet
any desire, are seen. Iii 1850 this coun-
try scarcely a producer of copper; now
America leads. The greatest producers
are tw copper mining companies, the
Calumet & Hecla, at Keweenaw Point,
Mich, and the Anaconda, at Butte,
Montana. The latter was u~ndeveloped
eight years ago, but produced as much
cpper in 1885 as the former did in 1883,
In both mining districts are several
smaller mines producing together about
half as much as these large mines. =
Traveller.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
What True Merit Will Do

The unprecedented sale of Boschee's
German Syrup within a few years, has
astonished the world. 1t IS without
doubt the safest and best remedy ever
discovered for the speedy and efiectual
cure of coughs, colds and the severest
lung troubles. 1t acts on an entirely
different principle from the usual pre-
scriptions given by physians, as it does
not dry up a cough and leave the disease
still in the system, but on the contrary
removes the cause Of the trouble, heals
the parts affected and leaves them in a
purely healthy condition. A bottle
kept in the house for use when the
diseases make their appearance, will
save Doctors bills and a long spell Of
serious illness. A trial will convice you
of these facts. 1t is positively sold by
all druggists and general dealers in the
land. Price, rs cts, large bottles.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

The. location of the lO3d meridian, the
western boundary of the Sioux reserva-
ton, for which an order has been issued
to the surveyor general Of the territory
will cost, involving as 1t does the taking
OF astronomical observations, thirty or
forty dollars per mile. This order be
came necessary to meet the demands of
the amiable and amicable aborigines of
America, who are at present luxuriously
located at Cheyenne RIVER and Stand
ing Rock agencies. When it is consid-
cred that pitiful pale faces. who have
no rights which q twenty-five calibre u.
s. commissioner cares to respect, have
been clamoring for surveys of their ros.
sessions for years without avail, the in
ducement to abjure civilization, and
devote life to the aboriginal luxury of
dog soup in a western wigwam becomes
glaringly apparent. Oh! for a lodge in
some vast Indians nest, where labor is
unknown, and hash flows spontaneous
from the unfailing gamers of Uncle
Sam; where the limitless domain is
conceded by the %inalienable right ac-
CURED by birth, and diabolical deeds
upon the western frontier, and the star
Of empire is picketed out, pending the
solution of the grave but uncertain
question of the evangelization of west.
ern hair lfters.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Patents were received on the Sth inst.
at the land Office at Deadwood for the
following persons: Lewis Carteaux. c.
Thompson, William Morris, A. G. An
derson, w. w. Pinkerton, G. III. Jones.
John Stevens, s. G.. Roberts, Isabella
Andrews, Frank Monder, j. ii. Smith,
j.. Q. Stevens, John King, f. M. Adud-
doll, J.T. White, lack Holmes, James
Hartgering, John Mcleod, r. F. Doty,
William Plat, G. M. Belknap, Frank
Bender, V. P. Shoun, J.. II. Jewett, Il.
H.. Taylor, John Hanson, John Gallinger,
G. L. Ward, T. II. Arnold, A. M. Leedy,
H.. M. Eastman, Thomas Mulholland. ].
z. Vencr, w. F. Rawson, S. M. Kersler,
Manley Dunckel, John White, Mary ID.
Owens, C. p. Greenley, Levi Anderson,
N. Gallinger, and William Young.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Death OF John Dunn.

The following account of the acct
dental death Of John Dunn, who will be
remembered by many of our local
readers as a former resident Of this
place is reproduced from the Rapid Re-
publican, and will doubtless be read
with deep regret by many former ac-
quaintances still residing in this city:
John Dunn, a rancher in comfortable
circumstance, who lives on the Dead
wood road about twelve miles from this
city, his land embracing that on which
is situated the stage barn, came to Rapid
last Friday for provisions and other
accessories. He was driving a team of
four year.old horses with which he was
acquainted. He left this city the same
the influence of liquor, and in addition
carried with him in his pocket a bottle
OF whisky. That was the last seen of
the unfortunate man alive. Yesterday
morning as Simon Green, a neighboring
rancher, was coming TO the city he dis
covered the body covered with snow
lying alongside the road. He notified
the authorities upon his arrival here,
and Coroner Abel Matthias, DR.. Whit
field and Andrew and Edward Boyd
went out and brought the body in to
Henry Behrens' undertaking establish
ment on Main street, where it now lies,
and from which place the funeral will
take place at 1870 this afternoon. The
body was found about three miles from
this city.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Matthias
%impaneled James w. Post, James Boyd
and +. l.. Sawyer as a jury, and after
they had heard the evidence of Simon
Green, p. I. Mattox and j. T. McNab
on the subject, brought in the following
| verdict
We find thatthe deceased, John Dunn,
came to his death accidentally by his
team running away, and being thrown
from the wagon. JAMES ". Posr,
JAMES BOYD,
+. l.. SAWYER.
"The evidence showed that the tongue
Of the wagon had broken and the part
! attached to the wagon had struck the
ground, raising the front part Of the
| wagon suddenly and throwing Mr.. Dunn
out. He struck on the right side of his
head, which was badly crushed, causing
instantaneous death. The horses ran
probably 200 yards before they succeed
ed in freeing themselves from the
wagon.
Deceased was 81 years old o. Sep
tember 2, 1887, and unmarried. He
leaves a sister somewhere i'm the states,
with whom he has not correspondent for
many years. He wrs fairly well to-do."
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Work on the Abattoir building is
progressing as fast as ten or twelve
carpenters can put it through. A plat
form is being built beside the switch
track to facilitate the loading and un-
loading Of cars. The engine is being
put In shape by Lish Chilson, and
everything promises an early beginning
of work. The entire structure is boine
constructed with a view to convenience
and cleanliness, and is a credit to the
man who planned it. Mr.. Stevens, OF
Toledo, Ohio, who will furnish the
machinery, all Of which will be of the
best and most approved make, returned
home last Monday night, and the ma
chinery will be forwarded immediately
upon his arrival there.-Oelrichs Times,
9Th.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Fifteen new senators will be sworn in
al the next session of congress which
convenes Dec. 9Th. OF these seven are
republicans, and eight are democrats;
The new men are: Chandler, Of New
Hampshire; Quay, of Pennsylvania;
S~tockbridge, of Michigan Hiscock, of
New York; Stewart, of Nevada; Davis,
Minnesota Pasco, of Florida Faulk-
ner, OF West Virginia; Reagan, of IT xas;
Bate, of Tennessee; Turpie, of Indiana !.
Blodgett, of New Jersey; Daniel, of
Virginia, and Hearst. Of California.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

The Dakota Mutual Insurance Com
pany of Sioux Falls, an enterprise or
ganized about three years ago on a
thoroughly wild cat basis, having re-
Gently met with a $4,000 loss al st. Peter,
Minnesota, and having only $50 on hand
to meet 1t, quietly closed it doors, quit
the fiat, and journied hence. Requie-
scat
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

The Des Moines Times notes the ar
rival of Mrs. P. ID. O'Brien, "the wife of
q Deadwood millionaire" In hat city,
who was the guest of Mrs. Whitcomb.
who accompanied her on her trip to
New York.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

The annual product Of gold and silver
from the mines ofthe world is estimated
to be two hundred million dollars,
nearly one half of which is produced in
America.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

President Cleveland and party de-
lighted Sioux City by favoring that
place with a half hour stop over on
Wednesday, the 18th inst, and devot-
ing fifteen minutes to the inspection OF
their wonderful local attraction, the
corr palace.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Tw~enty-four Of Buffalo Bill's Indians
have returned from England to Pine
Ridge agency. The climate of England
did not agree with these native Amer
leans, who are all suffering from the
effects Of their foreign tour, six of whom,
unable to continue their journey, were
left at the hospital at New York.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
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that will cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This great
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America. Send a self-addressed envelope to the
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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Methodist Episcopal College.

The following is the report Of the
committee on the location of the Meth.
odist college
The committee met in Deadwood on
Tuesday last. October 3rd for the pur-
pose of considering bids from the towns
Of the Hills, for the location Of the
proposed school.
Spring Valley, Hot Springs, and Gus
ter sent in offers. Custer sent a written
presentation of her claims. Hot Springs
was represented by Mr.. S. f. Wilson,
and Spring Valley by Capt. Gardner.
The claims of Hot Springs were, upon
argument between the delegates, first
presented. Mr.. Wilson in a very able
and lucid speech presented the claims
of his town, referring to its prospects,
its scenery, its climate, its morality and
its great popular interest in the estab,
lishment of the institution. He backed
up these considerations by an offer of q
cash subscription of.............$4,265 OC
Material and lumber................l,6 500 OC
Town lots in Hot Spring ..........1, $50 O(
Land, lao acres ..."...".".....-..3,IOO 0C
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Frank James, the celebrated Missouri
brigand, is reported dying in Dallas,
Tpxas.

The aggregate number of periodicals
is stated at 1920. New York leads
with 1891. and Nevada is at the foot Of
the list with 80; one less than Dele
ware.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15

Dennis Kearney, the San Francisco
sand lot orator is again at the front,
making speeches in the interest of the
democratic party in New York.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-15
Total 49,. .................SlON

Total ....... ....... .......$10,90 7 00
Captain Gardner then set forth the
advantages Of his location in a very able
and enthusiastic speech showing that
Spring Valley was the geographical
center of the territory, with the conse-
quent advantages of such location in the
years to come. He also presented and
urged very strongly the fact that if the
college was located at Spring Valley,
the college authorities might mould the
future town by the enforcement of the
most advanced temperance and other
moral principles. The excellence and
great abundance Of building material in
the immediate vicinity were also set
forth. The captain also assured the
committee Of the great and life long in
terest of himself and the very cordial
interest of his neighbors in the estab.
lishment of a college in their midst. He
gave emphasis to his argument by an
offer of
c,oVo Dh"bO NCSS NdiuCO dt.....f OUU w
297 acres of land valued at...... 5,94O 90
Cash and labor to the amount of 1854 90
Making a total of........."....$9.1 1874 90
Clusters very able offer was then read
by j. w. Hancher. The natural ad-
yantages of their location were clearly
set forth in the paper. The fattering
prospects of the town we're ably present.
ed, its unrivaled scenery, its unsurpassed
healthfulness, it's great abundance of
the purest water, and its general desir-
ableness as a location for an institution
oflearning. These facts were emphized
by an offer Of suitable grounds and
$500 in cash.
After a full and impartial considera.
ton by your committee Of all the facts
and figures presented, they came to the
unanimous conclusion that the offer of
Hot Springs be accepted, and that the
college be located at that place.
JAMES WILLIAMS.
j. 0. DoBsoN.
j. w. HANCHER.
Committee.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28
osrRoJs TAXATION.

There is q law on the statuts books of Missouri sutjecting te taxation stock in foreign corporations held by residents of the State, but it has re. mained dead letter until very re- gently when the city of st. Joseph brought suit to collect taxes from a resident on the stock of the Texas Land and Cattle Company. The case was carried to tue State Supreme Court and q decision was rendered in faver of tue city.
 Thls has worked up stockholders in foreign corporations, all over the State, and particularly in St. Louis, where millions Of dollars is invested in Western mines. Tho uneasiness occasioned among investors of that city was manifested almost immedi- ately upon the publication of the de- cislon by tue transferring Of large blocks of stock 10 residents Of other States. One helder of over 3l 900 shares Tn ths Granite Mountain Min ing Company. of Montana, sold his en- tire holdings, realizing $l,902,000 Others arc selling out, transferring their stock or removing from the State. Some, however, entertain the hope that tue law will not Do en- forced, stnce the tax has never yet bsen Imposed. At the present rate of taxation, tho tax on Granite Noun tain, at it's market value, would be just equal to oae-fourth the entire in- conae or $l 5e per share
 So extottionate 2 tax is no where else in tic world imposed The in. justice of it is apparent since mining companies and other corporations are taxed in the State or Territory where their business is located, and m the case of tho Granite Mountain, whoss principal office is in St. Louis they are assessed foi any moEey aald in the bank, or other property in that city. The attempt to resurreet this Iiniqpitous law is doing much injury to the business of the State causing distrust in financial circles, driving capitalists frogu tha State, and will bnng no conpensating benefits. q ssrong effort will be made at the next session og the State Legislature to have the law repeated,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28
womAxs qI,sRUrE.

Schuyler Doifax, who, in 1873, be- came tainted with Cakes Ames and others in the Credit Mobilier scandal, .--in consequence of which his reputa. ton suffered in public estimation by reason of the political howl raised against him at that time has been reproduced in bronze and placed upen a pedestal, in Indianapolis, by the Daughters of Rebekah, which, dcubt- less, was the correct thing to do, as a fitting rebake to the tirade of abuse visited upon him at the time referred Go.
 Inasmech as twenty years aaye elapsed since the Credit Mobilier of Amerlca was organized as a banking institation. it is well to refresh pahiic recollection that its creation was to serve the purpose of banking scheme, and its charter passed to the company which proposed to build the Onion Pacific rallread.
 The first revelation of crcokedness in relation to it's management was brought ahoet by a lawsuit in Penn. 1 sylyania, in 1872, in which itappeared that the stock of the Union Pacific road had been distributed among prominent officials of the United States government, in order to gain favor in congressional actieA, The country was amazed, and an investigation was the result. The chief witness was 0akes Ames, whose main reliance in verifying his transactioas in manag- ing the stock, was a ''s(tfls memoran. dun book" Tao exposure damaged the reputation of men in public life. Go'sax suffered Tn consequence Of hay. ing stock in bis possession, which be claimed was purchased and paid for, The report recommended the oxpuI- sion of one senator, but no action in his cass was ever taken. 0akes Ames and James Brooks, of tbe House, were esasursS
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28

The report of tho Director of ths nipt estimates the production of pre- ciaus metals in the United States to have been in 1886: In gold, s35. COG. 000; silver s5l,oO0,O00. Tho produ,- ton Of gold shows an increase over the prior year of a, POO, 900. That of sill yer is slightly less tlssn in 1885. It $ shown ttat tte production Of silver has largely increased since 1880, when it was s39.200, 900, The year product of gold has approximated the maxi mum of the last seven years. In 1880 it was s86,000,00O. Colorado contin- ues to rank frst as a pre3acer of prs. cious metals, the value of it's gold and silver output last year having bean S20, 900 ,000 Montana comes next with & production of nearly S17, z 900, and Calilornia thlrd wita $l5r 00oGOs.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28
TELEGRArHle r,aEylrIrs.

L, A. Reid, of Virginia, has beea appointed assistant registrar of the Treasury.
 The Opera Comiqae, one Of the old est and finest theaters of Paris, took fire on Wednesday night during a performance of the opera of Mignon, About 2,O00 people were in the audito. rum, and in the panic which ensued many were crushed. Twenty mutila- ted bodies were recovered the follow ing day, principally ballet girls and other attaches of the theater.
 The Sultan of Turkey is greatly alarmed by the discovery, ca Thurs. day, of plot to assassiuats hrm, 4 number of officials, holding high pe. sitions m tks palace, implicated in the the plot, have been dismissed.
 Bismarck is suffering from muscular rheumatism, and bis physician has pre- scribed complete rest.
 A speeial dispatch from Tombstone says: An Epitaph reporter was in- formed that the man supposed to be Caieme, found hanging % tree was Q butcher formerly at nsE6stose. It waB ascertaiped that bis name was Pete Martinelio.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28

The forest fires that have ragged in the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan have been very destructive of property and the loss is computed nj s ,000, 900 taking into account tho estimated value of houses burned and of standing timber, railroad ties, cord wood, etc. The village of Lake Linden was almestcompletely consumed, which led to tho report that tho Calumet and Hecla stamp mills had been burned. Later information, however, is to the effect that the works of the Calumet and Hecla and other mines at that point were saved from the devouring flames.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28
nssssgn srarurss.

ays the Prescott Courier, of May .eG
 Having contracted to print and bind $500 copies of the Revised Stat utes of Arizona, we are having the printing done by tho Nixon-Joues Printing Company, the binding, by
 Becktold < Gc,, St. Louis, who expect to have the hooks ready for shipment on or before June 18th, next. The Statutes will be well printed, and
 bound in cali, The lot will fill . car, The work has been copyrighted by thp Territory of Arizona, and it is made ths duty of the Secretary there of to sell the books at $l0 each, the
 money from this source to ge into the Territorial Treasury. We are satisfied that the people will think well Of the new Statutes,
 Had the Courier stated the contract puce for printing and binding, the people would have known what mar. gin was allowed the Courier for its agency in the matter. Ten dollars a
 volume for $500 copies is $85,00O, and allowing $2 per volume for printing and binding, $2S,e00 would be the residue, and in order 10 brook no op- position the work was copy-rghted. At a liberal estimate, 500 cspies would supply tue demand for Territorial of fcers, lawyers, citizens and secretaries of the respective States A major
 part of that number are given away
 it therefore becomes a question how
 many of the $500 volumes will be sold and the number that will sncum-
 Der the Territorial Secretary's office as ts.a,.B tinSs
Arizona silver belt., 1887-05-28

The Hoof and Horn makes a howl because cattle are to be assessed in the several counties of the Territory at SIS to $l5, which it claims are ex- orbitant valuations. The Hoof and Horn no doubt feels in duty bound to make a klck in the interest of the cat tlemen, but at the same time tue fig 1lres above quoted arc not considered excessive by disinterestsd persons. It IS safe to reckon that not more than three-fourths of the cattle in any of the counties are given in for assess ment, and no one will contend that the average stock cattle in the Terri tory are not worth more than SIS per head. Taxation in Arizona is oppres- size and an equitable division of the bunden should be made among all classes of taxable property.s